The Colors Of Friendship Badge

My Friend Deborah at Climate of Our Future has included me and my site Binding Ink II as a recipient of The Colors of Friendship Badge. Deborah continues to touch many Peoples lives as her sweet smile radiates the “Colors of Friendship” across the blogosphere with her kind words and endearing deeds. Because of Deborah, the ‘Climate of Our Future’ looks brighter and hopeful as she and her Co-Authors continue to educate us Readers about the Climate. Thank You Deborah for the Person you are naturally and Thank You for this precious badge. I am to give “The Colors of Friendship Badge” to 5 other Bloggers!



I am delighted to gift this Badge to: (If you have already received this Badge, may you be twice blessed)

1. Though Lyn of Lynda’s Loft has lovingly given this special Badge to Deborah of Climate of Our Future and Deborah has gifted this to Francis of Caught In The Stream, I would like to second the motion twice as both you Deborah and Francis are the Rainbows in my life that give “The Colors Of Friendship” its glow.

2. eastcoastdweller I present “The Colors Of Friendship” Badge to the Blog site For The Love Of Women (FLOW) to represent all Authors, Co-Authors and Readers who bejewel our lives daily in “The Colors of Friendship”.

For The Love Of Women is “A circle of Sisters on the web and a few blessed men who rejoice to know Them. A safe place. A helpful place. For the glory of Women, the progress of Women, the uplift of Women and the health of Women in body, mind and spirit.”

3. Celestine Wee, You decorated my heart with kind words in a comment on my site, then you continue to adorn my life with your inspirational Blog site Contemporary Romantic Writings:

“~ Quest for the Ideal ~ Pantheism ~ Love ~ The Hero/Heroine ~ Imagination ~ Poetry ~ Freedom ~”

4. Sprite of Homespun Honolulu. Sprite, though time takes us on our own journeys throughout the blogosphere, I have not forgotten you my Friend. In a Universe where Hugs expand the Globe, I still rejoice in the Spiritual Connection we always share.

Homespun Honolulu: “Blogs about life in Honolulu and news of interest.”

5. Jos of NoDirectOn (not: NoDirection). Jos, I’m just getting to know you and your sites – however; I already feel like I have known you for a life time as you have that special gift in your personality that touches Peoples hearts. I’m glad in the vast www to have met you Jos.

NoDirectOn (not: NoDirection): "if you don’t know where you're going, any click will take you there", General concept blog, with focus on marketing, advertising, media, art, technology, politics, new media, environment and what not.”

Thank You again, my Friend Deborah!

Amazing Award and 7 Weird Random Facts Meme

An Amazing Blogger, Writer, Poet, and my Amazing Friend Francis from Caught In The Stream has awarded me the "You're An Amazing Blogger" Award Thank You Francis! Truly my Readers you are the Amazing Ones and I Thank You All. If there is anything really Amazing about me it is the 7 Weird or Random Facts below that my Amazing Friend Deborah from Climate of Our Future tagged me with.

I’m Proud to give the “You’re An Amazing Blogger” to the following Bloggers. Pass the Award onto other Amazing Bloggers if you like! And since you 5 are Amazing, I would like to also tag each of you with the “7 Weird or Random Facts” MeMe so us Readers may in addition learn more about you!

If you have already received this Award, consider yourself Twice as Amazing! If you have already been tagged with this MeMe, please send me a link so we may all enjoy! Thanks!



1. Beaman from Beaman's World
"A collection of my poetry, short stories and political/philosophical discussions. Humour is often included. The reader can choose their area of interest via the 'Topics' menu below."

2. coffeesister Dorian from Drink Deeply
"Revering artistry in all its forms & Reveling in thought of every kind while Relishing strong coffee."

3. princesshaiku from Princess Haiku
"Princess Haiku is a literary collage of poetry, prose, photography, classical music, dance and book reviews, written in the tradition of a poetic memoir."

4. Ali from The Old Time Greatest Star's
"This is a blog about all the greatest star's that ever graced the silver-screen."

5. pnanda from EVOLve_the soul scan bay
"Let us fly kites of myriad colours of our choice as far as possible. Let us pause a while to savour freedom and be able to proclaim that we exit in our feelings for a while. Let us touch the 'me' in us. Let us evolve to go astray to do what feels good for a moment of our own. Let us try, do and win, first, ourselves! Find eclectic, experiential and contemporaneous rants and tell-tales, here..."

Alright Amazing Bloggers Congratulations and Here are the rules for the "7 Weird or Random Facts Meme":

Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog.
Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself.
Tag 7 random people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs.
Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

My 7 Weird facts are:


1. Starting at about age 12, I secretly wanted to become an Opera Singer. A few years ago, my Mother having learnt my secret than gifted me an audio course “How to Listen to an Understand Opera”. Such has rekindled my dream, and if not for my Smoker Lungs…

2. I enjoy playing the game Scrabble by myself with two complete sets of tiles.

3. I know how and have rebuilt a carburetor, installed a starter, replaced a tie rod end, however; I don’t know how to check the air in my tires without letting the air out in the process. I’ve never learnt how to change my own oil and I do not like to check my own fluids even though I know how to.

4. I know a Lady who carries her Husbands’ ashes in the trunk of her car. She says they always wanted to travel together but never had the chance, now they can.

5. I drive a hooptie. As many Judges on Court TV shows say, if you can’t afford the payments of a new auto, don’t go into debt – drive a hooptie until you can in actuality afford something else.

6. When I have an idea for poem I can’t express, I’ll pick up my guitar and sing words that enter my mind, though I don’t know a single cord on a guitar nor how to pluck any known tunes.

7. I once tried to save my pet aquatic frog by giving him CPR via administrating him air from a tube attached to the aquarium pump. Sadly he could not be resuscitated.

Thank You again Francis for the Award, Deborah for the tag, and my Readers. You are Amazing Bloggers Beaman, coffeesister, princesshaiku, Ali, and pnanda.

Fab Four

Thank you Francis from Caught In The Stream for tagging me with the Fab 4 Meme. Because you were so nice to tag me, this Picture is especially for you Francis (Please, no one else look at the link! DO NOT PEEK)

4 Jobs I've Held:

Waitress
Customer Support Associate
Warehouse Supervisor/Basic Electrician
Assistant Printer/Bonded Mail Courier

4 Films I Could Watch Over and Over:

The Red Violin (“the travel of a violin through three centuries and five countries”)
Any movie with Whoopi Goldberg
Any movie with Barbra Streisand
Any movie with Bette Midler

4 Television Shows I Watch:

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Judge Judy
Ghost Whisperer
Living Single

4 Places I've Lived:

Zanesville, Ohio
New Lexington, Ohio
Beaufort, SC
LowCountry, SC

4 Favorite Foods:

Sausage and Gravy
Spaghetti
Fried Shrimp
Hot Dogs with Chili

4 Websites I Visit Every Day:

MyBlogLog
Blue Ribbon Bloggers
She Walks In Beauty
BlogRoll by B.I.

4 Places I Would Love To Be Right Now:

With my 3 GrandKids and Daughter in VA

Ohio
Pennsylvania
Collecting Sea Shells on a Beach

4 Favorite Colors:

Violet
Burgundy
Peach
Brown

4 Names That I Love but Would/Could Not Use For My Children:

Huey
Garland
Daisy
Winnie

I pass this Fab 4 MeMe onto 4 People I’d like to know more about and whose Sites you’ll Enjoy! If you have already done the Meme, please send a link to your post so we all can enjoy. Thanks!

Nakalas
OneMysticalMonkey
TouchyBlossom
ladylike4

8 Comments:

franscud said...

Excellent post as always Jeane! That's a great pic of your grandkids. And thanks for the hidden pic ... it reminds me of some long lost relatives of mine :).

2:33 PM

-Jeane Michelle Culp said...

Thank you Francis (Franscud) :) My GrandKids are adorable! As for the pix of you, I tried to find the closest resemblance I could - lol!

2:43 PM

Jennifer said...

Thanks for the tag. I haven't seen this one around yet. It looks fun. I wrote mine, but you will have to wait until tonight to see it. I have to leave my blog exchange post on top for today.

2:52 PM

-Jeane Michelle Culp said...

Thanks Jennifer, we will be looking forward to your Fab 4 from your site ladylike4! Yes, we want your current post "A Letter to the President by Dana…" on top. This is an compelling letter to the President.

3:07 PM

eastcoastdweller said...

Great post, Jeane. And I'm sorry, I HAD to look at the link. Very funny. Very true.

9:00 AM

-Jeane Michelle Culp said...

Thank you eastcoastdweller! There's just something about 'Don't Peek' that makes us all want to look - lol!

9:29 AM

One Mystical Monkey said...

Aaaaaah, my fellow monkey - I have responded to your tag, and I give you 4 fabulous bananas! Perhaps if you meditate upon My Post; Fab 4 enough, some mystery of this monkey shall be revealed? *giggles*

9:47 PM

-Jeane Michelle Culp ndpthepoetress said...

A monkey baring gifts, how scrumptiously delightful! Thank you One Mystical Monkey and a clue to behind the marvels of your Spiritual Self! I'm swinging right on over to your site!

10:00 PM

Positive Changes In The Blogosphere AND World!

My Goodness! Bloggers for Positive Global Change award is “pretty focused on fellow authors of environmental sites”. However; franscud at Caught in the Stream has opted to expand this award to 5 writers in the cosmic blogosphere who are trying to change the world in a positive way. And he has chosen me as one of those authors!

franscud, your expansion of this award is positively uplifting! And for you to consider me as one of the five who is trying to help change the world, in even the smallest of ways on their corner of the web; is extremely appreciated! Thank you franscud!

I am proud to Positively Nominate, “as if they are flowers pushing up through the cracks of drab city sidewalks”, these 5 writers and their blog sites that are making a “Positive Global Change” from their corner of the web, into the blogosphere, and out among the world!

1. Harmony Soup INC by Author Carla Jo Masterson:

“We at Harmony Soup INC feel that we have a responsibility to consciously participate in helping to create a safe and harmonious world for all children, and all mankind.”

Our mission is pure and simple; to help teach common sense and make it clear there are only a few rules we are always meant to live by. They are;

(1) To love yourself. If you love yourself you are and will be safe with you.
(2) To love others, the way you would want to be loved. If you truly love others they are and will always be safe with you.

"Every Child Deserves A Tastes Of Harmony Soup"

The future belongs to them. However, it is all of our responsibility to plant the right seeds in their hearts and minds.

2. Darfur: An Unforgivable Hell on Earth

This site started was started by Cooper at Wonderland or Not in order to bring awareness to:

“They said it could never happen again... But it is happening. Armed conflict in Darfur, Sudan has left over 200,000 dead, forced more than 2.5 million people from their homes and placed millions of people - in Darfur and the neighboring countries of Chad and Central African Republic - at risk of starvation, disease and further attacks. United Nations officials have called this the world's worst humanitarian disaster today. Won't you join us in saving lives?" Larry Cox, Amnesty International USA Executive Director”

3. Your Wisdom Of Total Happiness by Author Zubli Zainordin

“As a thinker, I share a unique view so that you may prefer to review your inner and outer self, then shall you preview your entire life with a total view.”

“Your Wisdom of Total Happiness is a page you can visit as often as you prefer.

The information here is vital and valuable to our life. Thus, it is ageless and not time-bound.

Your Wisdom of Total Happiness provides information to individuals, without being gender specifics, yes…amongst all huwmen (w added to include women), as citizens of the world.

Why am I at this blog? Synergizing with at least one, who aspire to be in synchronicity. Two and beyond in number, is an orchestra. Hul-lla-la.

I am now ready…”Are you?

4. Women Walking In Wisdom’s Footsteps by KWiz

“A teacher of biblical studies at a Christian college-prep high school in Georgia. God orchestrated this as well, as I was blessed with this position right after I completed my Master of Divinity degree at Emory University. I enjoy studying and teaching both Old Testament and New Testament from an academic point of view; it doesn’t negate faith at all, but it does open up the scriptures in a way that adds so much richness to one’s faith, if they allow it. I’ve been teaching on an academic level for seven years now - it is my calling, and I’m so thankful that I was open to receiving what God had for me. I’ll be speaking a bit about calling and how you can go about discovering yours.

These are a few of my many experiences that I hope will enlighten and encourage you as we seek to gain and share wisdom together.”

5. A Hint Of Poetry by Christy

“This is a site about poetry and writing. You will find poetry from around the world, poetry readings, and great writing advice. You are welcome to submit your own poetry for review and possible publication on the site. See the submission guidelines for more information.”

Thank you Christy for keeping Poetry alive! For without Poetry where would the blogosphere be? Where would the world be?

Meme Rules:

It's easy to participate in this meme. At minimum, you can proudly display the BPGC badge (it's available in two varieties: Transparent GIF and JPEG with white background ) on your blog and bask in the glow of our collective good will. If you are sharing the kudos, however, please make sure you pass this list of rules to the blogs you are tagging.

The participation rules are simple:

1. When you get tagged, write a post with links to up to 5 blogs that you think are trying to change the world in a positive way.

2. In your post, make sure you link back to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme.

3. Leave a comment or message for the bloggers you're tagging, so they know they're now part of the meme.

4. Optional: Proudly display the "Bloggers For Positive Global Change" award badge with a link to the post that you write up.

Again, Thank You franscud for nominating me and expanding the context of Bloggers for Positive Global Change award!

4 Comments:

Christy said...

Thank you so much, that's very nice of you! I appreciate it. I will be blogging about the award soon. I just created five awards on my WritersReviews.com site and will be passing them out soon, this is like Awards Week for me, lol. I just wish I had a red carpet!

Thanks Again and Take Care:)

Christy

6:35 PM

franscud said...

you're blog will soon be covered with awards ... and it will be well deserved! Thanks for pointing out 5 more worthy bloggers, I will check them out.

9:38 PM

Lansy said...

Congrats Jeane. You are a one good monkey. :P

12:05 AM

-Jeane Michelle Culp said...

Christy, again you are well deserving! franscud, your support has taken me this far my Friend and I Thank You! lansy, you are just as adorable as ever! May more Readers continue to embrace you and your site A Drop of Tear in Heaven

9:15 PM